Mississippi PSC Rules In Favor Of Kemper County Plant Construction

The Associated Press reports, “Mississippi Power Co. has received the first level of regulatory approval in its effort to build a new coal-powered generating plant in the east-central part of the state.” On Monday, the three-member state Public Service Commission ruled “that the company has demonstrated a need to increase its capacity to generate electricity. … Mississippi Power has said “the plant would use a new technology that converts a soft coal called lignite into a gas that would fuel turbines to create electricity. Company officials say the lignite would be locally mined and cheaper than natural gas.”

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